A method for detecting the traveling speed of a motor vehicle, and means for carrying out the method

When detecting a traveling speed of a motor vehicle, a vehicle speed dependent pulse sequence is detected and counted the number of pulses within a predetermined interval. the speed is calculated from the number of pulses within the interval. A memory (9) in which the number of pulses is stored is cleared at the end of the interval. The method for calculating the vehicle speed has a particularly low computational complexity.